HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Karl Auto Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2026

Filed

Jun 2, 2026

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Karl Auto Group →

Karl Auto Group notified Iowa AG of a data breach affecting over 500 residents. Unauthorized access occurred prior to March 27, 2026; discovered April 4, 2026. Compromised data includes names, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and passports. Investigation ongoing; FBI/FTC notified.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Mar 27, 2026

Begins

Apr 4, 2026

Discovered

Jun 2, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Dentons Davis Brown PC
norm: dentons davis brown
Domain: karlauto.com

Name: Karl Auto Group
norm: karl auto
Domain: karlauto.com
Industry: retail_consumer
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2026
Breach occurred: Mar 27, 2026
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Notified the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)Reported to the FTC in connection with the Company's obligations under the FTC's Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Rule

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic cybersecurity firm to investigate the breach and determine its scope
Reported the incident to the FBI and the FTC
Engaged dark web monitoring services to monitor for potential misuse of the compromised personal information
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/622026_Karl_Auto_Group_BC3C1FED9CFCD.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2026
Raw hash: 93b31ca7e52bc3fd76f52d07dd2f60bff3a9c5fdca4f6052ff5e3b91911961f7

Reporting entityDentons Davis Brown PC

Victim entityKarl Auto Group

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2026

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic cybersecurity firm to investigate the breach and determine its scope

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov